Wall and furniture guard



y 1967 A. c. JANIN 3,322,389

WALL AND FURNITURE GUARD Filed June 15, 1965 United States Patent 3,322,389 WALL AND FURNITURE GUARD Andre C. Janin, 2710 Macomb St. NW., Washington, DC. 20008 Filed June 15, 1965, Ser. No. 464,086 1 Claim. (Cl. 248-345.1)

I call my new invention a wall and furniture guard. The following is a full, clear and concise description of the same.

The main object of my invention is to provide an entirely new device with readily adjustable features that allow the device to be extended or retracted both horizontally and perpendicularly and specifically designed to prevent any type of furniture from coming into direct contact with walls, wall paper, drapes or any other surfaces to prevent scufiing, marking and marring both, the backs of furniture and walls or any other surfaces when furniture is placed close or against the walls. FIGURE 1 accompanying this application illustrates how the device is used to prevent contact between furniture and walls.

This brief description is fully and concisely substantiated in the succeeding paragraphs and sustained by illustrations FIGURES 1, 2 and 3 forming part of this application as to the construct-ion, function, adjustment and application of my new invention.

My new invention consists of 9 separate parts as illustrated in FIGURE 2 in an assembled form and il lustrated unassembled in FIGURE 3 for clarity. Parts 1 through 7 are constructed of the same sturdy and stable material that is light in weight; parts 8 and 9, the locking pressure pins, are constructed of metal.

FIGURE 1 is a view illustrating the most common use and application of the device to prevent contact between the backs of furniture and walls or any other surfaces. The device is shown in an unextended horizontal and perpendicular positions as it would normally be used behind an average type of chair or small piece of furniture.

The proper use of the device is as follows:

After the device horizontal dimension and perpendicular distance have been determined and properly set as fully explained in FIGURE 2 description, the device is placed flat on the floor with the 2 perpendicular ex- 1 tensions flush against the molding or base board of the wall, the horizontal bar faces toward the chair or other furniture to be protected, the legs of the chair as shown in FIGURE 1 are pushed fi-ush against the horizontal bar. After the device has been installed, there should be a clearance of 2 or more inches of space between the back of the chair and the wall; this clearance is controlled by adjusting the perpendicular extension bars, retracting them will decrease the distance, extending them will increase the distance between the back of the chair or any other furniture and the wall or any other surfaces -to be protected. There is no need of tools or any other implements to install the device or secure the device in any manner. The horizontal bar when installed should extend approximately 1%" beyond each leg of the chain as illustrated in FIGURE 1, however, if the device is used behind a dresser, file cabinet or any other type of furniture, the horizontal bar need not be extended beyond the total horizontal length of the furniture, thus the device is not visible but fully accomplishes the purpose for that it was designed.

FIGURE 2 shows my invention in slightly extended horizontal and perpendicular positions with all the device parts numbered, the function and detailed description of the entire device is as follows:

Part 1 is the main supporting horizontal bar that is also the length of the entire horizontal dimension of the device; there is a central dividing line in the center of part 1 horizontal bar and a limit of maximum horizontal extension line on the far left and far right of part 1 horizontal bar (those 3 lines are clearly indicated on part 1 horizontal bar in FIGURE 3). Part 1 horizontal bar is hollow inside and open on both ends.

Part 2 consists of a horizontal hollow bar open on the right end and closed on the left end, it also has a permanently afiixed short perpendicular hollow bar that is open on the opposite end of its adhesion to the horizontal bar, the short perpendicular bar has 5 evenly spaced perforations on top. Part 2 horizontal bar is specially designed to permit the insertion of the left half of part 1 horizontal bar into its open end thus allowing the left half of part 1 horizontal bar to slide freely yet snugly within the entire length of part 2 horizontal bar up to the central dividing line indicated in the center of part 1 horizontal bar. Part 3 consists of a horizontal hollow bar open on the left end and closed on the right end, it also has a permanently aifixed short perpendicular hollow bar that is open on the opposite end of its adhesion to the horizontal bar, the short perpendicular bar has 5 evenly spaced perforations on top. Part 3 horizontal bar is specially designed to permit the insertion of the right half of part 1 horizontal bar into its open end thus allowing the right half of part 1 horizontal bar to slide freely yet snugly within the entire length of part 3 horizontal bar up to the central dividing line indicated in the center of part 1 horizontal bar. When both parts of the horizontal bars 2 and 3 have been inserted over part 1 horizontal bar and are butting each other in the center of part 1 horizontal bar at the central dividing line indicated on part 1 horizontal bar, the total horizontal length of the device is represented in an unextended position. When the device is installed and needs to be extended for a specific horizontal dimension, both the horizontal bars of parts 2 and 3 are gently but firmly pulled equally away from the central dividing line indicated on part 1 horizontal bar until the required horizontal dimension has been obtained; should the maximum horizontal dimension be required, the horizontal bars of parts 2 and 3 are pulled equally away from the central dividing line indicated on part 1 horizontal bar until the limit of maximum extension lines indicated on the far left and far right on part 1 horizontal bar are visible; at this point, parts 2 and 3 horizontal bars should not be extended beyond the limit of maximum extension lines.

Parts 4 and 5 consist of short hollow bars open on one end and closed on the other end, each bar has 5 evenly spaced perforations on top. Parts 4 and 5 are specially designed to allow part 4 bar to be inserted and slide freely yet snuggly over the evenly perforated short perpendicular holl-ow bar permanently affixed on the horizontal bar of part 2 and to all-ow part 5 bar to be inserted and slide freelyryet snuggly over the evenly perforated short perpendicular hollow bar permanently affixed on the horizontal bar of part 3. When both parts 4 and 5 bars are fully inserted over the perpendicular bars permanently affixed on the horizontal bars of parts 2 and 3, the perforations on top of parts 4 and 5 match the perforations on top of the perpendicular bars permanently afiixed on the horizontal bars of parts 2 and 3. Parts 4 and 5 are extended or retracted the same amount on both sides until the same perpendicular distance has been determined. After the distance desired has been obtained and the evenly spaced perforations on top of parts 4 and 5 match the evenly spaced perforations on top of the short perpendicular bars permanently atlixed on the horizontal bars of parts 2 and 3, the metal locking pressure pins, parts 8 and 9 are then inserted in the matched perforations as illustrated by leaders on FIG- URE 2, the metal locking pressure pins are pressed lightly with the thumb into the matched perforations on top of parts 4 and with the matched perforations on top of the short perpendicular bars permanently afiixed on the horizontal bars of parts 2 and 3 thus locking securely into place both extended or retracted bars for a permanently set distance. This procedure is repeated when the distance between the backs of furniture and the wall or any other surfaces is readjusted to either increase or decrease the original distance between the backs of furniture and the wall or any other surfaces to suit the user; the metal locking pressure pins, parts 8 and 9 are pulled lightly upward and removed, the distance is reset in the same order as described above and the metal locking pressure pins, parts 8 and 9 are replaced in the new matched perforations.

Part 6 is interchangeable with part 4 and is essentially designed and constructed as part 4, however, the only difference is that part 6 is longer than part 4 and has an extra perforation on top as illustrated on FIGURE 2 and on FIGURE 3. Part 7 is interchangeable with part 5 and is essentially designed and constructed as part 5, however, the only difference is that part 7 is longer than part 5 and has an extra perforation on top as illustrated on FIGURE 2 and on FIGURE 3. Parts 6 and 7 are supplied with the device for the benefit of the user so that still greater perpendicular distances can be obtained when parts 6 and 7 are used in place of parts 4 and 5 when unusually curved furniture such as the backs of certain chairs require a wider distance between the *backs and the wall or any other surfaces for adequate protection.

FIGURE 3 illustrates the device disassembled with all the device parts separated and labelled in the same numerical sequence as was done for FIGURE 2; this was done for clarity and better understanding of the various parts of the device. The function, description and application of each part of the device is fully de- 4 scribed and explained in the preceding paragraphs and supplemented by illustrations of FIGURES l, 2 and 3 and the subsequent claim.

Having thus described my new invention in accordance with the patent statutes what I claim as entirely new in construction and design and desire to protect by Letters Patent of the United States are clearly defined in the following claim:

A wall and furniture guard specifically designed to be placed on the fioor between the wall base board and furniture to prevent contact between said wall and furniture, said guard comprising a main supporting horizontal bar with a central dividing line and a limit of maximum horizontal extension line on each end, two hollow horizontal bars each half the length of said main supporting bar slidea'bly engaging said main supporting bar, each of said hollow bars having a fiat bottom surface adapted to rest on a floor, each of said hollow horizontal bars having a short perpendicularly affixed solid bar with evenly spaced perforations on top, two short hollow bars with evenly spaced perforations on top slidably engaging said short perpendicularly affixed bars, each of said short hollow bars having a flat bottom surface adapted to rest on a floor, pressure pins engaging one of said perforations in each of said short hollow bars and registering perforations in each of said solid bars.

References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS 197,690 11/1877 Tizzard 248345.1

' 1,212,514 1/1917 Lathrop et al 248-345.l 1,887,924 1l/l932 Evans 248298 2,683,328 7/1954 Thulin 248345.1 3,059,105 10/1962 Roe et a1. 248298 X ROY D. FRAZIER, Primary Examiner. CLAUDE A. LE ROY, JOHN PETO, Examiners.

R. P. SEITTER, Assistant Examiner. 

